Improvement in submarine and other walls



U ITED STATES PATENT IMPROVIEMENTJN SUBMARINE AND OTHER WALLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,732, dated March19, 1872.

SPECIFICATION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAML H. FOYE, of San Francisco, county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented certain Improvements inConstructing Submarine and other Walls; and I do hereby declare thefollowing description and accompanying drawing are sufficient to enableany person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearlyappertains to make and use my said invention or improvements withoutfurther invention or experiment.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of bothsubmarine and surfacewalls; and is applicable, more particularly, to thepeculiar method of constructing this class of masonry, as describedandclaimed in Letters Patent No. 92,033, which were granted to me on the29th day of June, 1869; and it consists in certain additions orimprovements by which the laying of the wall may be facilitated,especially when the work to be accomplished is under water, and a planfor securing the cornice or other ornaments to the walls ofsurfacebuildings.

In order to explain my invention so that others will be able tounderstand its construction,

reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, which represents a view of a wall constructed accordingto the plans and specification of said Letters Patent No. 92,033, towhich reference is here made for a full explanation of its generalconstruction,

After the ground-rod a has been placed in position with the uprightguides b secured to it, it is necessary in submarine work to fix theseupright rods atacertain distance apart according to the distance apartof the holes through the blocks which are to be lowered upon them 5 or,if the wall is made of brick, they are adjusted accordingto the intervalit is desired to leave between the rods. This we will call spacing theupri ght guides. This I accomplish by piercing a metal plate, board, orother equivalent device, 0, with. holes, which space off the intervalsbetween the upright rods, which I send down until it shall rest asnearly as possible upon the groun d-rod. This prepares the rods for thenext process of sending down the block or laying the wall, as describedin Letters Patent No. 92,033.

In the construction of surface-walls for buildings, where it isnecessary to leave window and door-spaces, I use cross-plates across theupper end of the space, to which the upright guides are secured in orderto support the masonry above, which will be employed in a manner similarto the ground-rods; and between the layers of blocks, at every fourth orfifth course, metal plates 01, similar to the spacing-plate, can belowered, so as to lie between the courses and further aid in givingstrength to the wall. After the last course of the wall has been placedin position, an upper plate is passed over the guide-rods so as to restupon it. The guide rods can be coupled together at the height of thefirst story, or at any other point in the wall, by forming screw-threadsupon the upperien ds of the lower rods and the lower ends of the upperrods, and screwing them into the opposite ends of the same nut; and'anut is also employed at the upper ends of the rods for drawing them'firmly up against the brick, stone, or other work of which the wall iscomposed. If, in the construction of the wall, it is desired to attachanymolding, cornice, or other ornament al work, e, upon the face of thewall, it is done by means of a bolt, f, which is provided with a hook atone end. This book is passed around the guide-rods b, and the boltplaced so as to stand at right angles to the line of the wall. Thecornice or other ornament is then pierced with holes, through which thisbolt passes, and a nut can then be screwed upon the outer end until theornament is firmly fixed to the wall without disturbing or altering itsregular construction.

These improvements are necessary in the construction of walls, accordingto the plan de scribed in Letters Patent No. 92,033, in order to carryout the inventors idea of a strong and substantial wall,which can bereadily constructed, and be proof against shocks of earthquake or otherdisturbing causes.

The plan, herein described, for securing the cornice or ornamental workto the house or wall will remove the objections to these attachments,which are known to exist in California and other countries subject toearthquakes, asthe great est danger to life during an earthquake is frombolts j j, held by rods b passing through the falling cornices and wallornaments. hooks thereof, as set forth.

Having thus described my invention with In witness whereof I havehereunto set my reference to my former Letters Patent, what I hand andseal.

desire to secure in connection therewith, is WILLIAM H. FOYE. [L. 8.]

1. The spacing-plates, in combination with the ground-rod a and verticalrod b, arranged Witnesses:

in the described relation to the blocks in the GEO. H. STRONG,

wall, as set forth. WM. GERLACH,

2. The cornice 6 attached to the wall by the G. FITZGERALD.

